Quotes by History [The Euclidean algorithm is] the granddaddy of all algorithms, because it is the oldest nontrivial algorithm that has survived to the present day. Donald Knuth present-day algorithms history I really only love God as much as I love the person I love the least. Dorothy Day women god-love history There is no life that does not contribute to history. Dorothy West women-in-history doe history They died hard, those savage men - like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them. Douglas MacArthur love men history We have known the bitterness of defeat and the exultation of triumph, and from both we have learned there can be no turning back. We must go forward to preserve in peace what we won in war. Douglas MacArthur triumph war history Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but Douglas MacArthur victory liberty history Hard pounding, gentlemen. Let's see who pounds the longest. Duke of Wellington military war history The scum of the earth... but what fine soldiers we have made them. Duke of Wellington scum-of-the-earth soldier history We decipherers cannot afford to be as picky as the linguist, who can always run back to a native speaker for a few more forms. E. J. W. Barber form running history We must not look at the past with the enormous condescension of posterity. E. P. Thompson history looks past At a certain point one ceases to defend a certain view of history; one must defend history itself. E. P. Thompson certain views history You can decide to invade Russia at dinner, pick Waterloo for battle on a whim. It's the details, the small stuff. Its easy to gamble a million lives. Whats hard is to see how that can hurt one single person. And if you cant keep that straight, hell, you'll lose your humanity. Dwight D. Eisenhower russia hurt history If history offers no obvious solutions, however, it does at least provide the comfort of knowing that failure is nothing new. Eamon Duffy knowing comfort history Symbolic rearrangement of the past is of course an unavoidable aspect of all human attempts to make sense of the present. Eamon Duffy aspect history past We need open minds and open hearts when we wrestle with the past and ask questions of it, and the answers it will provide are in nobody's pocket... We should let nobody tell us that they know all that it contains, or try to prescribe or constrain in advance what it has to tell us. Eamon Duffy heart history past History is tangled, messy, contradictory. But is where we are. Eamon Duffy messy tangled history The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their choice! Dwight D. Eisenhower inspirational men history One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions. E. M. Forster certain emotion history History develops, art stands still. E. M. Forster literature history art History is principally the inaccurate narration of events which ought not to have happened. Earnest Hooton ought events history «1112131415161718192021»
